About the Desk

Guides and editorials

Two kinds of thing run here, and they are labelled. Guides are researched pieces that must clear five checks before they publish — structure, a fact-check against invented figures, a duplication test, a value score, and a financial-promotion review. Anything that fails one is held back. Editorials are signed notes from the desk about the publication itself; they carry no regulatory claims and do not go through that process, which is why they say so at the top.

How we compare products

Every comparison scores each option on the same published criteria, and names competitors rather than reducing them to "other providers". Where a competing product is the better choice for a given desk, the article says so. A comparison in which our Desk Pick wins every row would not be worth reading, and we treat that as a defect.

How this masthead makes money

SecureNodeFX sponsors this publication and helps fund its operation. Sponsorship does not buy a ranking, a favorable comparison, or a Desk Pick, and no vendor can pay to omit a competitor.

What we do not do

Nothing here is investment advice, and none of it is written for retail traders. The audience includes brokerage teams and professionals across the forex and CFD industry. We do not publish projected returns, and we do not accept payment to omit a competitor.